GREENVILLE, Ill - The softball team clinched their position in the season-ending SLIAC tournament final four in Peoria with a 5-1 win over Westminster at Panther Field on Tuesday afternoon.

Greenville took a first inning lead with a double off the bat of Jaclyn Belzer, plating Madi Case who opened the Panthers inning with a leadoff walk.

In the third inning, the Panthers made it a 2-0 game after Taylor Weiss hit an RBI double.

Another double by Belzer in the fourth inning allowed Greenville to score two more runs, and the Panthers took a 5-0 lead in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI single from Case.

Westminster cut their deficit to 5-1 in the top of the sixth, benefitting from four GU errors.  However, Alison Klaus struck out Kayleigh Fike with the bases loaded and two outs to end the inning.

Klaus wrapped up the game with a 1-2-3 seventh inning.

Case and Belzer each finished with two hits for Greenville.

Klaus pitched all seven innings, only allowing one unearned run on three hits and three walks with 12 strikeouts.

The Panthers (20-19) will play No. 1 seed Fontbonne at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday in Peoria at the Louisville Slugger Complex.